What it does best
A murder mystery you genuinely investigate
Pulp detective writing with real personality
A richly sustained hard-boiled crime atmosphere
What might put you off
Parser friction and opaque investigation logic
A compact, somewhat limited mystery
The setup
What you are walking into
The Witness was the seventh game released by interactive fiction pioneers Infocom. The player character is a detective who has been summoned to the Cabeza Plana, California office of Mr. Linder, a millionaire. Linder fears that his life is in danger... and indeed, as he sits in his office with the player, he is murdered before the player's eyes. The player then must solve the murder.
Where it lives
Atari 8-bitCommodore C64/128/MAXTRS-80 Color ComputerAtari ST/STECommodore 16MacDOSAmigaApple IITRS-80Amstrad CPCCommodore Plus/4Amstrad PCW
Genre
Adventure
Vibe
ThrillerMystery
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